cassava flour sifter, unrecorded Chokwe artist

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unrecorded Chokwe artist, cassava flour sifter
unrecorded Chokwe artist, cassava flour sifter
unrecorded Chokwe artist
cassava flour sifter
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, artist
cassava flour sifter, late 1800s–1914
Where object was made: Angola
Material/technique: plant fiber; weaving
Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 45 x 18 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 17 11/16 x 7 1/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Claude D. Brown
Accession number: 2007.0938
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
"Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection," Feb-2000
This type of basket was used for sifting manioc flour. It is made of thinly split bamboo stalks and raffia fibers.

Exhibitions

Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection
2000